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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING AND PUBLISHING
THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (WVDE 11-10-10)
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2014
1.
County Board Requirements: According to WVC 18-9-3a, every county board of education is required
to prepare and publish its annual financial statements within ninety (90) days after the beginning of the
subsequent fiscal year on forms prescribed by the state superintendent of schools and the state auditor.
Therefore, the county boards’ financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 must be
prepared and published by September 29, 2014.
2.
RESAs and MCVCs Requirements: RESAs and MCVCs are required to prepare their annual financial
statements and submit copies both to this office and to their fiscal agent, but these agencies are not
required to publish their financial statements. In order to provide time for the fiscal agents to include the
financial statements of these agencies as fiduciary funds in their own financial statements, RESAs and
MCVCs are required to prepare their financial statement by September 15, 2014 and submit a signed
copy to the fiscal agent and a signed copy to the Office of School Finance.
3.
Basis of Accounting: All LEAs in the State must prepare their annual financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). This includes completion of
the government-wide statements, the fund basis statements, the reconciliation schedules, the
fiduciary statements, the notes to the financial statements, and management’s discussion and
analysis. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is the considered to be the
authoritative source for GAAP in the United States.
For consistency in reporting, each fund maintained by an LEA in the State is to be considered a
major fund, therefore, fund basis statements must be prepared for every fund maintained by an
LEA, including the budgetary comparison schedules.
4.
Financial Statement Formats: A financial statement template is provided for use by all boards of
education, and RESAs and MCVCs, as well as a template for the notes to the financial statements. The
financial statement template includes all statements and schedules required for presentation of the entitywide financial statements as well as the fund statements for all possible funds, and they also include all
known financial categories. Remember, however, that the templates are provided for your convenience
but the completed financial statements are each agency’s representation of their financial condition for
the year. Modify or revise the templates as necessary to fit your particular situation, complete only the
schedules and notes needed and delete or discard the rest. Do not submit blank forms or notes with the
financial statements that are submitted to this office.
5.
Availability of Forms: The financial statement formats and sample notes are available on the
Department’s home page at http://wvde.state.wv.us/finance/. The blank forms can be accessed by
clicking on “Forms, Checklists, Templates” in the left hand column. The financial statements are
presented in Excel and the notes in Microsoft Word.
6.
Submission of Financial Statements to the State Department of Education: Every county board of
education, RESA and MCVC is required to submit its annual financial statements for the year ended June
30, 2014, signed by the appropriate chief executive officers, to the State Department of Education, Office
of School Finance by September 29, 2014. The electronic data file must be submitted by that date
as well.
The submission to the Office of School Finance must include the following:
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Government-wide statements
All applicable fund basis statements, including the fiduciary fund statements
Reconciliation Schedules
Budgetary comparison schedules for each fund
All applicable notes to the financial statements
Special projects worksheet prepared on WVEIS
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Schedule of excess levy revenues and expenditures, if applicable
Schedule of encumbrances outstanding at year-end
Additionally, the following schedules must be prepared by September 29, 2014 and maintained on
file at the central office and copies must be made available upon request:
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List of expenditures in excess of $250
Schedule of salaries paid to each board member and superintendent
Schedule of all debts owed by the board
These various reports are explained in greater detail in the following paragraphs and in the set of
instructions for completing the district-wide statements.
7.
Consequences for Late Submission: In past years, several county boards have failed to complete
and submit their annual financial statements by the due date. This is not only a violation of the
provisions of WVC § 18-9-3a, but also creates serious consequences for the WVDE in completing
its required reports. WVC §18-9B-19 grants the State Superintendent of Schools the authority to
withhold payment of state aid from a county that fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of
code or the requirements of the state board. Therefore, this year, WVDE will notify the auditors of
any board that fails to submit its annual financial statements by the due date, and in addition,
reserves the right to withhold a portion of state aid from any LEA that does not submit its
financial statements to WVDE by the required deadline.
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Financial Statement Format for Publication: County boards must publish, at a minimum, the basic
financial statements which include the district-wide, fund basis statements, reconciliation schedules and
fiduciary fund statements. County boards may, but are not required to publish the budgetary comparison
schedules, the notes to the financial statements or management’s discussion and analysis. RESAs and
MCVCs may, but are not required to publish any of their financial statements.
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Publication of Notes to the Financial Statements: As discussed in the preceding paragraph, inclusion
of the notes to the financial statements in the publication is optional, but if they are not included, the
following comment needs to be included in the publication: “The notes are an integral part of the financial
statements, however, to conserve space, they are not included in the publication but are available for
review at the board office.”
10. Detailed Listing of Expenditures In Excess of $250: In addition to publication of the financial
statements, West Virginia Code 18-9-3a, requires that the publication include a detailed schedule of
expenditures listing the name of each firm, corporation and person to whom more than two-hundred
fifty ($250) dollars in the aggregate was paid during the year and the purpose for which paid. The listing
is not to include the name of any employee who has entered into a contract with the board. The names
of the board members and the superintendent, however, are to be included.
11. Other Publication Requirements: County boards are also required to publish, according to West
Virginia Code 18-9-3a, a schedule of the salaries paid to board members and the superintendent and all
debts of the board at year-end.
12. List of Salaries Paid and List of Expenditures less than $500: WVC 18-9-3a, requires every county
board of education to provide to any resident of the county who requests the information, a copy of the
published financial statement supplemented by a list of the names of all school personnel employed by
the board showing the amount paid to each during the year and a list of the name of each firm,
corporation, and person to whom less than $500 was paid and the purpose for which paid.
13. Publication Format: The publication is to be published as a Class I-O legal advertisement in
compliance with the provisions of WVC 59-3-1 et seq. This means that the publication is to be published
one time in two qualified newspapers of opposite politics published in the publication area.
14. Deadline for Preparation and Publication: According to WVC 18-9-3a, every county board of
education is required to prepare and publish its annual financial statements within ninety (90) days after
the beginning of the subsequent fiscal year. One copy of the completed annual financial statements
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(WVDE 11-10-10) must be submitted to the Office of School Finance to be received no later than
September 29, 2014. Each LEA must maintain the newspaper clippings of the publication for audit
purposes.
15. Approval and Signature: Since these are the entity’s financial statements, they must be presented to
the board for approval before they are published in the newspaper (for county boards) or submitted to
this office. The certificate must be signed by the president of the board and county superintendent, or
director in the case of a RESA or MCVC.
16. Special Projects Worksheet: Every county board, RESA and MCVC must maintain its special projects
worksheet on the West Virginia Education Information System (WVEIS) and mail or email a copy to the
Office of School Finance at the same time as the financial statements are submitted. The report cannot
be submitted electronically along with the data file at this time. The data presented in the WVEIS
special projects worksheet must agree with the information reported in the financial statements.
17. Supporting Schedules: LEAs must also maintain one printed copy of their encumbrance report printed
from WVEIS as of June 30, 2014.
18. Reconciliation with Data File: In completing the annual financial statement forms (WVDE 11-10-10),
be certain that all amounts reported in the fund basis statements, INCLUDING BALANCE SHEET
ACCOUNTS, agree with the amounts reflected in the financial data file maintained on WVEIS that
has been submitted to this office. If not, adjusting entries must be posted to the data file and a 13th
month tape submitted to this office at the same time as the annual financial statements (WVDE 11-1010). Also be certain that the data file includes all funds reported in the annual financial statements.
Please submit a 13th month report even if no adjusting entries are required.
19. Changes: The following changes have been made to the instructions for preparing the financial
statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014:
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 GASB 65 – All county boards, RESAs and MCVCs are required to implement GASB Statement
No. 65 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 in accordance with GAAP. GASB Statement No.
65 makes notable changes to the financial statements. The financial statement categories titled
Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources will now report balances that
were previously reported as assets or liabilities. Guidance related to GASB 65 can be found on
the Office of School Finance website under the workshops section at the following
address:http://wvde.state.wv.us/finance/workshops/2014/july-much-ado-about-accounting/
GASB%2065.pdf
 Existing note disclosures – some of the existing note disclosures have been expanded upon or
revised. Those revisions are as follows:
o Note 1: Cash and investments policy – An additional section has been added to
address required disclosures for boards of education having investments held by the
Municipal Bond Commission and/or the Board of Treasury Investments.
o Note 1: Compensated absences policy – This note has been expanded to also include
the OPEB liability policy.
o Note 2: Stewardship, compliance and accountability – Prior year sections “A” and “B”
of this note have now been moved to the notes to required supplementary information
and the notes to other financial information. For county boards preparing their budgets
on the WVDE prescribed regulatory basis of accounting as described in item #23 of these
instructions, the budgets are not prepared on the GAAP basis of accounting; therefore,
the applicable budgetary comparison note disclosures must be reported as notes to
required supplementary information and/or notes to other financial information.
o Note 5: Property taxes – A taxes receivable section has been added to this note in
order to disclose gross taxes receivable and the related allowance for uncollectible taxes.
o Note 15: Commitments, contingencies, and subsequent events – Two additional
paragraphs have been added to this note to disclose possible commitments or
contingencies related to the risk of disallowed costs requiring reimbursement to the
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granting agency and the risk of environmental remediation liabilities related to asbestos
or other environmental issues.
New note disclosures – Additional note disclosures have been added to the template. Those
additions are as follows:
o Note 1: Net position policy – Note 1 has been expanded to now include the policy for
reporting the net position of the county board within four possible categories.
o Note 1: Newly adopted statements issued by the GASB – This section has been
added to ensure consistency between the GASB pronouncements that are adopted by
the county boards of education.
o Note 1: Recent statements issued by the GASB – This section has been added to
inform the financial statement users of issued GASB pronouncements that could
potentially impact the county boards of education in the future.
Management’s discussion & analysis – Current year revisions to the MD&A include:
o All tables presented in the MD&A are now comparative and include a variance column.
o Language has been added to address all major variances noted in the comparative
tables.
o Language has been added to discuss the reasons for major changes in fund balances of
each fund maintained by the county board of education.
Basic financial statement template (WVDE 11-10-10) – WVDE Form 11-10-10 was updated
this year so that all the tabs are presented in the order required by GAAP. Also, many of the tabs
within the file are now protected so users can only enter information into areas that require data
input. Those areas are highlighted in yellow throughout the template. This feature has been
added to prevent users from inadvertently overwriting formulas within the template. However, the
password to unprotect the worksheet (BOE2014) is provided within the file to enable financial
statement preparers to tailor the template to their county’s specific needs. The conversion entries
tab has also been updated this year to draft many of the entries based upon information prepared
in other tabs within the file. However, preparers of the financial statements should review the
entries to ensure that they are reasonable, continue to remain in balance, and are properly posted
to the trial balance tab.
Conversion entries – Some new conversion entries were added to the template this year.
Explanations and details on all conversion entries prepopulated in WVDE Form 11-10-10 can be
found on the Office of School Finance website under the workshops section at the following
address:http://wvde.state.wv.us/finance/workshops/2014/july-much-ado-about-accounting/
Conversion%20Entries%2014%20SEP.pdf
20. Basis of Accounting: All LEAs are required to present their financial statements on the basis of
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Fund Basis Statements: Governmental type fund basis statements are to be maintained on the
modified accrual basis of accounting, and the financial data file maintained on the WVEIS must
be on this basis.
Entity-Wide Statements: Entity-wide statements are to be maintained on the accrual basis
of accounting. Conversion entries must be made to report the financial data presented on the
modified basis of accounting in the fund basis statements to the entity-wide statements presented
on the accrual basis of accounting. These conversion entries are made in the conversion work
schedules only; the adjustments are NOT posted in the financial data file maintained on WVEIS.
The following are conversion entries that may be required but others may be needed that are not
outlined below:
Eliminate expenditures that represent acquisition of capital assets. In an accrualbased accounting system, the acquisition or construction of a capital asset does not
affect net assets. Likewise, expenditures to acquire or construct capital assets are not
expenses, and should not be included in the government-wide statement of activities.
Eliminate expenditures for debt service principal payments. From an accrual
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perspective, the payment of debt service principal has no effect on net assets.
Consequently, debt service expenditures for principal payments are not expenses and
should not be included in the government-wide statement of activities. The same
approach should be taken to other financing uses reported in connection with current or
advance refunding transactions.
Eliminate other financing sources, uses and expenditures associated with debt
service. From an accrual perspective, debt issuance has no impact on net assets, but
rather affects only accounts reported on the statement of position (debt payable,
premiums, discounts, issuance costs, difference between the carrying value and
reacquisition cost of refunded debt). Accordingly, all other financing sources, uses, and
expenditures associated with the issuance of debt should not be included in the
government-wide statement of activities.
Include donations of capital assets. Government funds do not report the donation of
capital assets not held for resale. Such donations are, however, a transaction that must
be reported in an accrual-based government-wide statement of activities.
Restate sales of capital assets on an accrual basis. Governmental funds report the
full amount of the proceeds from a capital asset sale as either “other revenue” (if it is
immaterial) or “other financing source”. From an accrual perspective, however, the sale
of capital assets should be reported on the government-wide statement of activities only
to the extent that there is a disparity between the amount of the sales proceeds and the
carrying value of the asset sold (a gain or loss). Accordingly, other revenue and other
financing sources arising from the sale of capital assets in governmental funds should be
replaced by gains or losses in the government-wide statement of activities.
Eliminate revenues and expenditures related to prior periods. Governmental funds
report revenue in the current period for amounts deferred in prior years because they
were not considered available at that time. Likewise, governmental funds report
expenditures during the current period in connection with accrued liabilities that arose in
prior periods, including accrued interest, compensated absences, claims and judgments,
special termination benefits, landfill closure and post-closure care costs, operating leases
with scheduled rent increases, and the government’s net pension obligation as an
employer. Revenues and expenditures related to transactions and events of prior
periods should not be included as revenues and expenses in the accrual-based
government-wide statement of activities.
Make all regular accrual adjustments. The regular closing process to prepare accrualbased financial statements routinely involves adjustments for the following items:
Recognition of revenues earned but not yet available (that is, earned but
unavailable deferred inflows of resources)
Recognition of expenses incurred during the period but not yet paid (including
interest payable, claims and judgment, compensated absences, special termination
benefits, landfill closure and post-closure care costs, operating leases with
scheduled rent increases, and the government’s net pension obligation as an
employer)
Recognition of depreciation expense on depreciable capital assets
Recognition of the amortization of issuance premiums, discounts, and the
difference between carrying amount and reacquisition cost of refunded debt.
Recognition of expense for inventory consumed during the period.
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Consolidation of Interfund activity. There are three ways for funds of the board of
education to interact, leading to the need for consolidation:
Interfund loan - One fund may loan money to another fund (interfund loans)
Interfund transfer - One fund may furnish resources to another fund with no
expectation of repayment
Interfund reimbursement - One fund may reimburse another fund for costs incurred
on its behalf
While all three types of interfund activity affects the statement of position, all of them
do not affect amounts reported in the statement of activities.
Eliminate the interfund receivables and payables in the government-wide
statement of net assets. For example, there may be an interfund receivable and
payable between the general fund and the special revenue fund. In that case, neither
would be reported in the governmental activities of the government-wide statement of net
assets.
Interfund loans and the statement of activities. Except for interest (if any), interfund
loans affect only the statement of net assets. Therefore, interfund loans do not need to
be considered in preparing the statement of activities.
Interfund reimbursements and the statement of activities. Perhaps the most
common example of an interfund reimbursement is the allocation of indirect costs to the
special revenue fund. From a GAAP financial reporting perspective, interfund
reimbursements should be treated as the allocation of expenditure from one to another
with no net effect on the total amount of expenditure reported, thereby avoiding the need
for consolidation. For internal bookkeeping and budgetary purposes, however, many
governments account for interfund reimbursements as a revenue and expenditure. In
that case, GAAP require that related interfund revenues and expenditures be eliminated
in both the government-wide financial statements and the fund financial statements.
Interfund transfers and the statement of activities. Interfund transfers should be
consolidated by eliminating both the transfer in and transfer out from the statement of
activities.
21. Notes to the Financial Statements: A template is provided for your convenience in completing the
required notes to the financial statements, but remember that the financial statements and notes are
each entity’s representation of their financial condition as of year-end. Modify or revise the notes as
necessary to fit your particular situation, complete only the notes needed and delete or discard the rest.
Do not submit blank notes with the financial statements that are submitted to this office.
22. Fund Descriptions: The following funds descriptions are provided to clarify usage in these instructions:
General Current Expense Fund – The general fund is a governmental fund type that is used to
account for all financial resources except those that are required to be accounted for in another
fund. The fund typically serves as the chief operating fund of a government. For school districts in
the State, the fund is entitled the General Current Expense Fund.
Special Revenue Fund – A governmental fund type used to account for the proceeds of specific
revenue sources (other than major capital projects) that are legally restricted to expenditures for
specified purposes.
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Special Revenue Fund – American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) – A
governmental fund type used to account for ARRA funds that are legally restricted to expenditures
for specified purposes.
Debt Service Fund - A governmental fund type used to account for the accumulation of
resources for, and the payment of, general long-term debt principal and interest.
Capital Projects Fund – One of three governmental funds used by school districts in the State to
account for financial resources used for the acquisition or construction of major capital facilities.
This fund is used to account for financial resources for a specific capital construction project.
Permanent Improvement Fund – Another one of three funds used by school districts in the
State and established under the provisions of West Virginia Code §18-9B-14 to account for the
proceeds of the regular levy dedicated for this purpose, unexpended balances of other funds
transferred to the fund, and any other financial resources dedicated for the support of building and
permanent improvement projects.
Bond Construction Fund – The third capital projects fund used by school districts in the State to
account for the proceeds of bond levies passed for the purpose of constructing major capital
facilities.
Fiduciary Funds - Funds used to report assets held in a trustee or agency capacity for others
and which, therefore, cannot be used to support the government’s own programs. The fiduciary
funds category includes pension (and other employee benefit) trust funds, investment trust funds,
private-purpose trust funds, and agency funds.
Agency Funds - One of four types of fiduciary funds. Agency funds are used to report resources
held by the reporting government in a purely custodial capacity (assets equal liabilities). Agency
funds typically involve only the receipt, temporary investment, and remittance of fiduciary
resources to individuals, private organizations, or other governments.
Private-purpose Trust Funds - A fiduciary trust fund type used to report all trust arrangements,
other than those properly reported in pension trust funds or investment trust funds, under which
principal and income benefit individuals, private organizations, or other governments.
23. Budgetary Comparison Schedules: A budgetary comparison schedule must be prepared for each fund
maintained by the entity, except fiduciary fund statements. According to GAAP, budgetary comparison
schedules for the general current expense and special revenue funds are considered “required
supplementary information” and their placement in the financial statements is immediately following the
notes to the financial statements; budgetary comparison schedules for all other funds for which a budget is
adopted are considered “supplementary information” and their placement is after the “required
supplementary information”. The budgetary comparison schedules do not need to be included in the
newspaper publication, but they must be submitted to this office as a part of the financial statements.
The budgetary comparison schedules must show the original budget, the final budget, actual results, and
a variance column that compares actual results of operations for the year to the final budget. The Office of
School Finance has recognized that the budgetary comparison schedules for most county boards of
education have shown unfavorable variances due to unbudgeted amounts for accrued other postemployment benefits (the OPEB Annual Required Contribution beyond the pay-as-you-go portion which is
expended under object code 217). Because there is no revenue source for the expenditures coded to
object 217 and because funds are not remitted to the Retiree Health Benefit Trust for those expenses,
county boards of education are instructed not to include those expenditures in their budgets in the annual
budget instructions. Therefore, the budgetary comparison schedules cannot be considered GAAP basis
schedules. Rather, all budgets that are excluding the unfunded portion of OPEB are considered to be
prepared on the regulatory basis of accounting. Beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal year
ended June, 30, 2014, the budgetary comparison schedules that are included in the financial statement
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template now include columns for GAAP basis actual expenditures, adjustments for regulatory basis
reporting, and regulatory basis actual expenditures. County boards should only include the amounts
coded to object code 217 within the adjustments column to arrive at regulatory basis actual expenditures.
Some county boards of education may have other adjustments necessary due to non-cash for/on behalf
transactions (such as unfunded retirement and Tools for Schools) being excluded from their budgets.
NOTE: The original budget column consists of the amounts budgeted in the proposed budget
submitted to the State Board of Education for approval prior to the beginning of the fiscal year.
24. Fiduciary Fund Statements: Various county boards are responsible for accounting for a variety of funds
that are to be reported as fiduciary funds. These may include: school activity funds, RESAs or MCVC
funds, scholarship funds, or retirement trust funds.
School Activity Funds: The financial activities of the individual schools are to be accounted for
as an agency fund. Since all county boards and MCVCs have school activity funds, all county
boards and MCVCs must complete the “Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets” as well as the
“Schedule of Changes in School Activity Funds”.
The “Schedule of Changes in School Activity Funds” summarizes the financial activity of the
individual schools in the county. The schedule shows the beginning cash balance, all collections,
all disbursements, and the ending cash balance for each school. The total cash balance for all
schools is the amount reported in the “Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets”. The source for the
information presented in this schedule is the individual school annual financial statements.
RESA and MCVC Funds: For the county boards that serve as fiscal agents for the RESAs and
MCVCs, the financial activity of these entities are also to be reported as an agency fund in the
financial statements of the county boards. These county boards must complete the “Statement of
Fiduciary Net Assets”.
Scholarship Funds: For the boards of education that have scholarship funds that are material in
nature, a determination must be made as to whether the funds are administered by the board or
by a third party. If administered by the board, the scholarship fund must be reported as a privatepurpose trust using the “Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets” and the “Statement of Changes in
Fiduciary Net Assets”. If administered by a third party, only the “Statement of Fiduciary Net
Assets” is to be completed.
Retirement Trust Funds: For those county boards that provide a supplemental retirement
benefit to their retired employees under the authority of West Virginia Code §18-7A-2 and account
for the funds as a separate fund, the fund must be reported as a retirement trust fund in the
“Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets” and the “Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets”.
25. Excess Levy Supplemental Schedule: County Boards with excess levies are required to complete
the supplemental schedule of excess levy revenues and expenditures as part of their annual financial
statements. The schedule presents both current and levy-to-date collections and expenditures
compared to the amounts projected in the original levy call. This schedule is considered “other
supplementary information” and should be placed after the “required supplementary information”
section of the financial statements.
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